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Breeding on the monastery roof for years: stork “Bruni” with her partner.
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Bruni the stork regularly bred at Benediktbeuern Monastery.
Now it is feared that she was a victim of the hailstorm.
Benediktbeuern – The storks are back from their winter quarters.
The migratory birds have also been spotted in the Loisachtal - in Schlehdorf and in Benediktbeuern.
However, the stork “Bruni” will probably no longer return to her traditional nesting place on the roof of the Benediktbeuern monastery.
“We assume that she died in the hailstorm last year,” says Father Karl Geißinger, coordinator of the Center for Environment and Culture (ZUK).
In Schlehdorf-Unterau the storks have once again moved into their nest in the silo of a farm.
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A total of eleven storks died on the monastery grounds
On that fateful August day, numerous storks - including probably “Bruni” - were in the meadows around the monastery before their migration south.
“A total of eleven animals died on our land in the moor,” reports the priest.
Other animals were injured by the hailstones.
It cannot be said with complete certainty whether “Bruni” actually fell victim to the storm, according to Geißinger. “Her ring was never found.” The very stubborn lady stork had been a regular guest in the monastery for years and nested high up on its roofs.
No breeding opportunities on the monastery roofs
The priest also has bad news for the storks that have already arrived in Benediktbeuern.
“Due to the hailstorm, we have no way of offering breeding places on the monastery roofs or the Maierhof.” Large parts of the building are still scaffolded or covered.
Find a replacement nesting site
But relief for the soon-to-be-breeding storks is at hand.
A temporary nest will be installed on the gable of a moor barn in the next two to three weeks.
The roof of the barn has been used as a nesting place by pairs of storks in the past, says Geißinger.
However, the nests usually found no support on the tin roof and kept slipping off.
Fixing the new domicile will be a bit of a challenge.
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Especially since it remains unclear whether the effort will pay off in the end.
“It is not yet possible to say whether the storks will accept the nesting site,” explains the priest.
Last year, an attempt to get “Bruni” to move to a new nest created for her failed.
However, there is still a little time left before the first storks start looking for nesting sites.
It usually starts between March and April, says Geißinger.
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